The 81 members of the Class of 2008 are going to 56 different colleges, strong evidence that USN means what it says about helping students find the best fit. Read more statistics and see the 2008 matriculation list.
  Vince invites everyone to Commencement this Sunday at 2:00. Read more.
 You can help a USN student with financial need by donating your middle and high school textbooks to the Edward E. Ford Lending Library, which supplies these students with books. Read more.
Tomorrow is the last day to return textbooks to the bookstore for credit.
artclectic 2008, scheduled for October 23-26, announces its first corporate sponsors: Edy's Ice Cream and SunTrust.
For more information about sponsorships, please contact Loren Elliot or Ann Kloeppel.
You may also visit www.artclectic.org
Take art classes at USN this summer, with USN families offered a 20% discount. Read more.
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Seniors Chris Kim (on violin) and Hannah Edelman performed Dvorák at last week’s Convocation before 2008 Disitnguished Alumni Kate Ransom ’75 and Will Ransom ’76, also a violinist and a pianist, spoke to the seniors and their families. The Ransoms, brother and sister, played music by Beethoven, Massenet, Chopin, and Franck.
 Your child can discover this summer that learning a new language is fun—classes for 1st through 6th graders held at USN are taught in the TPR method which aims to duplicate the effortless way we acquire our first language as babies. Read more.
Check out all the USN summer camps and register online.
MTSU Adult Summer Language Institute
The MTSU Adult Summer Language Institute offers intensive language classes at USN for adults (also open to rising 7th graders and older students). Sponsored by the Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition at MTSU, language offerings include: German, Arabic, Chinese/Mandarin, French, Scottish Gaelic, and Spanish. Find out details and dates at www.usn.org/summer. Please note that language camps are also available to children Grades 1-6 as part of the 2008 USN Summer Camps. All information and online registration is available at www.usn.org/summer.
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Thursday, May 22
8th grade exams and HS (H period) exams
Last day of classes K-7; 11:30 dismissal
6th grade Portfolio Day
HS Tennis, Individual State Quarter and Semi Finals, 9:00, MTSU Tennis Complex
MS play auditions, noon, Gordon Multipurpose Room
Parent/teacher conferences in the afternoon
HS Track and Field State Final Meet, 6:00, MTSU Soccer and Track Field
HS soccer state semi-finals, 6:30, Siegel Soccer Complex, Murfreesboro
Friday, May 23
Late registration deadline for June 14 ACT
K-4 parent conferences
Senior Day
MS play auditions, 9:00-4:00, Gordon Multipurpose Room
HS exam, F period, 9:30-11:30
HS Soccer state finals, noon, Siegel Soccer Complex, Murfreesboro
HS Tennis, Individual State Finals, MTSU Tennis Complex
Graduation rehearsal, 2:00, Magnolia Lawn of Peabody College
Vocal music recital for HS independent study, 5:30, auditorium
Sunday, May 25
Commencement, 2:00, Magnolia Lawn of Peabody College
May 26
Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 27
Faculty inservice
Wednesday, May 28
Faculty inservice
View complete Master Calendar
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At last week’s awards assembly, senior Hannah Edelman received the Stanford Moore Award. Read the list of all the high school’s awards.
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Questions about this Sunday’s Commencement, including where to park, answered: read more.
 Summer reading lists for grades 5-12 are now available on the website.
Check Out Summer Reading Books
The books on the middle and high school summer reading lists will be available for check out starting Monday, May 19. Students may borrow the books for the summer and return them the first week of school.
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High school families, would you like to host a student from Guatemala next fall? Read more.
Read the notes of the 10th grade parent network’s meeting on “Dangers of the 3D’s: Drinking, Driving, Drugs, and the Law.”
Piper Jones ’08 and Abby Perlman ’09 sing tomorrow afternoon at 5:30 in the auditorium, a recital that culminates their independent study in vocal music.
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Middle Schoolers Recognized at Special Assembly: read more.
Wearing their custom t-shirts, Mr. Hubble and his 5th grade advisees prepare themselves mentally for Field Day at the pep rally on Tuesday.
Middle school families, you can host an international exchange student next year. Read more.
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Student speakers TJ Lewis and Elizabeth Mtshali at the 8th grade breakfast
Summer reading lists for grades 5-12 are now available on the website. www.usn.org/reading
Read a Tennessean article about how one USN 8th grader's “Change Project” may lead to real change.
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It’s on to the state tournament for these middle school golfers, Sara Garmezy (l.) and Hannah Dobie. Read more.
With perfect weather on Wednesday, grades 4-7 had fun at Field Day; more photos next week.
photo by Babs Freeman-Loftis
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photo by Adair Freeman
This year the fourth graders didn’t stop with making electric houses—they made electric towns. Mrs. Noel’s class built this one, with each student building and wiring a house. Top: Youssef Doss, a student in Mrs. Marler’s class, finishes his wiring.
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Lower School summer reading lists are now posted at www.usn.org/reading.
The Lower School Photo Project has raised over $3,500. There’s still time to give—simply send a $20 check to the USNA office. If all participate, this project can raise $7,000. For more information, email Jane Groos: 4groos@gmail.com
Shannon Paty, PDS ’68, was among about two dozen alumni who came to the 2nd Grade Pen Pal Luncheon on the Friday of Reunion Weekend last month. Each year members of Reunion Classes are invited to become pen pals to second graders, and some stay in contact with their new friends for years.
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